Love ( vs Selfishness )

Love is giving to the basic needs genuinely without any expectation of personal gain. "You can give without loving but you cannot love without giving- by Amy Carmichael". Love is not complete and has no glory without giving.

Love is kind; focus on people needs rather than their faults It looks for ways to be useful and acts benevolently. it needs tolerance, generosity, availability, creativity, compassion, sensitivity, initiative, gentleness, alertness.

Love suffers long; does not lose heart. It perseveres with patience and bravely endures misfortunes and troubles. It needs endurance, patience,forgiveness, joyfulness, faith, loyalty, flexibility.

Love does not envy; does not boil with desires to have that which belongs to others. It needs gratefulness, contentment, resourcefulness, thriftiness, security

Love does not vaunt; does not boast of ability and accomplishment, does not look for ways to promote itself or extol its virtues with rhetorical embellishments. It needs sincerity, meekness, deference.

Love is not puffed up. It does not cherish exaggerated ideas of its own importance. It does not look down on others with contempt or disdain. It is not proud. It needs virtue, humility.

Love does not behave itself unseemly. It does not flaunt itself to attract attention or to stir up sensual desires in others. It does not act indecently or shamefully. It has good manners. It needs self control, discretion, responsibility.

Love does not seek his own. It does not demands its own way. It does not crave things for its own pleasure or profit. It focuses not on itself but on the needs of others., It is willing to lay down its life for the benefit of others. It needs hospitality, dependability.

Love is not easily provoked. It does not get irritated or exasperated. It conquers anger and wrath. It does not quickly excited to rivalry but rather to helping others succeed. It needs honour, cautiousness, punctuality, orderliness.

Love does not think Evil. It guards its heart and mind and brings every thought into captivity to obedience. It distringuish between good and evil and rejects the evil. It does not retain wrong desires or plans and does not harbour hurtful feelings toward others. It needs obedience, thoroughness, discernment.

Love rejoices not in iniquity. It grieves when evil people are promoted and unjust laws are made. It does not secretly desire to carry out the lusts of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, or the prideful goals of life. It needs justice, decisiveness, determination.

Love rejoices in the truth. It dwells upon thoughts that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of a good report. It is eager to share truth with others and rejoices with all good people when truth prevails. It needs truthfulness, boldness, persuasiveness, diligence, enthusiasm, attentiveness, wisdom. This kind of love bears all things, believe in all things, hope in all things, endures all things. It can outlast anything because love does not fail.

The sweetness love is all depends on individual. Some defines sensual experiences to give the atmosphere of being really sweet; but it is not everlasting. Sweetness depends on your knowledge and grasp of love. The Power of Love.

The greatest love is the sacrifice of one life for another.
The male emperor penguin demonstrates genuine love by standing almost motionless for over 2 months in below-zero temperatures to provide warmth necessary to incubate an egg. During the nesting sequence, he goes up to 120 days without eating.

Love is everlasting!